Stateside Overhaul
Steady arrived at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 11 December 1944 and entered the Norfolk Navy Yard for an overhaul. On 15 February 1945, the minesweeper got underway with MinRon 6 and headed for the Pacific She transited the Panama Canal on 25 February; remained at Pearl Harbor from 18 March to 25 April; and, after port calls at Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan, arrived at Kerama Retto on 30 May.
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